Some Psychologists Believe That Test Anxiety Results in Inferior Performance

question 75

Multiple Choice

Some psychologists believe that test anxiety results in inferior performance on examinations because the negative thoughts accompanying the anxiety impede the retrieval of test-relevant information.This illustrates an application of the ___ theory of forgetting.

• A) interference
• B) misinformation
• C) decay
• D) repression

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